NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M vs NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512
Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M and NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512 videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, Geekbench - OpenCL, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score.
Differences
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
- Videocard is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 3 month(s) later
- Around 25% higher core clock speed: 810 MHz vs 650 MHz
- 3x more pipelines: 384 vs 128
- Around 81% better floating-point performance: 752.6 gflops vs 416.0 gflops
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running videocard: 28 nm vs 65 nm
- 3x lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 135 Watt
- 4x more maximum memory size: 2 GB vs 512 MB
- Around 10% higher memory clock speed: 1802 MHz vs 1640 MHz
- Around 39% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 791 vs 568
- Around 91% better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 147 vs 77
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 1 April 2013 vs 11 December 2007 |
| Core clock speed | 810 MHz vs 650 MHz |
| Pipelines | 384 vs 128 |
| Floating-point performance | 752.6 gflops vs 416.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm vs 65 nm |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 45 Watt vs 135 Watt |
| Maximum memory size | 2 GB vs 512 MB |
| Memory clock speed | 1802 MHz vs 1640 MHz |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - G3D Mark | 791 vs 568 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 147 vs 77 |
Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512
- 2.7x more texture fill rate: 41.6 GTexel / s vs 15.68 GTexel / s
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Texture fill rate | 41.6 GTexel / s vs 15.68 GTexel / s |
| Benchmarks | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3342 vs 3339 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3342 vs 3339 |
Compare benchmarks
GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512
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| Name | NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M | NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512 |
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| PassMark - G3D Mark | 791 | 568 |
| PassMark - G2D Mark | 147 | 77 |
| Geekbench - OpenCL | 3836 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 9.392 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 157.479 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 0.864 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 16.101 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 44.77 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames) | 1589 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames) | 3235 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) | 3339 | 3342 |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps) | 1589 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps) | 3235 | |
| GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) | 3339 | 3342 |
| 3DMark Fire Strike - Graphics Score | 345 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M | NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GTS 512 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture | Kepler | Tesla |
| Code name | GK107 | G92 |
| Launch date | 1 April 2013 | 11 December 2007 |
| Place in performance rating | 1305 | 1308 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $349 | |
Technical info |
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| Boost clock speed | 980 MHz | |
| Core clock speed | 810 MHz | 650 MHz |
| Floating-point performance | 752.6 gflops | 416.0 gflops |
| Manufacturing process technology | 28 nm | 65 nm |
| Pipelines | 384 | 128 |
| Texture fill rate | 15.68 GTexel / s | 41.6 GTexel / s |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 45 Watt | 135 Watt |
| Transistor count | 1,270 million | 754 million |
Video outputs and ports |
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| 7.1 channel HD audio on HDMI | ||
| Display Connectors | No outputs | 2x DVI, 1x S-Video |
| DisplayPort Multimode (DP++) support | Up to 3840x2160 | |
| eDP 1.2 signal support | Up to 3840x2160 | |
| HDCP content protection | ||
| HDMI | ||
| LVDS signal support | Up to 1920x1200 | |
| TrueHD and DTS-HD audio bitstreaming | ||
| VGA аnalog display support | Up to 2048x1536 | |
Compatibility, dimensions and requirements |
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| Bus support | PCI Express 3.0 | |
| Interface | PCIe 3.0 x16 | PCIe 2.0 x16 |
| Laptop size | medium sized | |
| Length | 254 mm | |
| Supplementary power connectors | 1x 6-pin | |
API support |
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| DirectX | 12 API | 10.0 |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | |
| OpenGL | 4.5 | 3.3 |
Memory |
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| Maximum RAM amount | 2 GB | 512 MB |
| Memory bandwidth | 14.4 GB / s | 52.5 GB / s |
| Memory bus width | 64 / 128 Bit | 256 Bit |
| Memory clock speed | 1802 MHz | 1640 MHz |
| Memory type | DDR3 | GDDR3 |
| Shared memory | 0 | |
| Standard memory configuration | DDR3 / GDDR5 | |
Technologies |
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| 3D Vision | ||
| 3D Vision / 3DTV Play | ||
| Blu-Ray 3D Support | ||
| CUDA | ||
| Direct Compute | ||
| FXAA | ||
| H.264, VC1, MPEG2 1080p video decoder | ||
| Optimus | ||
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